Allen speaks to teens at forum (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Friday, September 19th, 2008September 18, 2008
By Tyler Whitley
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Former Gov. and U.S. Sen. George Allen told a presidential campaign forum at a Chesterfield County high school yesterday that energy is the No. 1 problem facing this country.
Allen, representing Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, at the forum hosted by Cosby High School, called for more nuclear power, more oil drilling, alternative energy and greater use of coal.
“People don’t care if their cars run on peanut oil,” Allen said, in making a plea for alternatives to oil.
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September 21st, 2008 at 2:57 pm
While I for one think that if your old enough to get taxed by the government or get shot at defending this country, you should at least be able to take a drink over the fact, I was pleasantly surprised to see you agree with lowering the drinking age to 18. Was wondering what your thinking was behind that?
Oh and Carolina over Minnesota this Sunday.
September 25th, 2008 at 11:36 am
C Huffman:
First, the legal drinking age is a state, not a federal, issue. Second, I dislike federal blackmail, forcing Virginia and other states to raise the beer-drinking age to 21 or lose 10% of federal highway funds. Similar to you, if a person is old enough to enter into binding contracts, vote for president and voluntarily join our armed services, then he or she is old enough to have a beer in a restaurant or in their residence with their spouse at age 19 or 20.
September 25th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
I appreciate your answer and stance on the issue. I do believe that the majority of the GOP base won’t go for it but enough Democrats, libertarians, and like minded Republicans could get behind a movement to lower it. As for the highway funds, one would like it if the federal government just lower their taxes and let the state’s manage their own highway revenue. It would produce renewed accountability in Richmond and Raleigh for responsible and effective government.
Hopefully this $2 billion shortfall in Richmond won’t force the state to cut jobs in my wife’s department.